Opinion: The FBI agent whose mom baked birthday cookies for Saddam Hussein
Two decades ago, on March 19, 2003, President George W. Bush ordered the US invasion of Iraq. Bush and senior administration officials had repeatedly told Americans that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was armed to the teeth with weapons of mass destruction and that he was in league with al Qaeda. These claims resulted in most Americans believing that Saddam was involved in the September 11, 2001, attacks.
We put the WMD and questions aside, and the initial focus was developing rapport that was going to be critical as time went on and when it was going to be necessary to bring up those difficult or sensitive topics. On his 67th birthday, while he was in prison and I was interrogating him, the Iraqi people had the opportunity to show not only the world, but more importantly to him, how they truly felt about him. And they did. And it was overwhelming hatred.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
'Every victim of Saddam Hussein was waiting for this moment'Saddam Hussein's trial in 2005, two years after he was ousted by a U.S.-led invasion, was a chance for Ali Hassan al-Haidari to avenge the execution of his brothers and others from his village who were killed by the Iraqi dictator's security forces.
Read more »
Saddam Hussein fell. Then violence in Iraq spiralledWhen U.S.-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, Adel Amer celebrated what he thought marked the end of two decades of war and isolation. It turned out to be just the beginning of another era of conflict and chaos
Read more »
Two decades after Saddam's fall, Iraqis still haunted by disappearancesWhen he first heard that U.S. troops had toppled Saddam Hussein, Iraqi engineer Hazem Mohammed thought he would finally be able to find his brother, who had been shot dead and dumped in a mass grave after a failed uprising against Saddam's rule in 1991.
Read more »
FBI offering $250K reward for unsolved 2008 Times Square bombingNEW YORK — The FBI announced a new reward Tuesday of up to $250,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the suspect involved in the unsolved 2008 bombing of the U.S. Armed Forces recruiting station in Times Square.
Read more »
FBI Warns About Cryptocurrency Theft Scams Using Play-to-Earn Games – Security Bitcoin NewsThe FBI issued a public service announcement warning (PSA) on the utilization of play-to-earn games to defraud users of funds stored as crypto
Read more »
Hate Crimes Increased Sharply in 2021, FBI Data ShowHate crimes in the U.S. rose sharply in 2021 with victims most commonly targeted because of their race or ethnicity, the FBI said Monday, after earlier incomplete data suggested a decline
Read more »